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Economic Analysis in Health Care provides a comprehensive coverage of both the economics of health care systems and the evaluation of health care technologies. It has been written as a core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students with knowledge of economic analysis and will appeal to an international audience. About the Author Stephen Morris is a member of the Health Economics Research Group at Brunel University. He is the author of Health Economics for Nurses: An Introductory Guide, and has published over 20 academic papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has taught Health Economics at both Undergraduate and MSc level. and is a former Senior Lecturer at Tanaka Business School. Nancy Devlin is Professor of Health Economics at City University, London. Nancy has published 23 papers on Health Economics since 2000, on topics including health care priority setting, economic evaluation of health care, management of waiting lists, measuring and valuing health states and health care reforms. David Parkin is Professor of Health Economics at City University, London and is director of City's MSC in Economic Evaluation. He has taught health economics for 25 years, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and has published 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books. He is also the organizer of the UK Health Economists' Study Group. Table  Of Contents Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction to Economic Analysis in Health Care. Part I Health Care Markets. Chapter 2 The Demand for Health Care. Chapter 3 The Production and Costs of Health Care. Chapter 4 The Supply of Health Care. Chapter 5 Markets, Market Failure and the Role of Government in Health Care. Chapter 6 Health Insurance and Health Care Financing. Chapter 7 Equity in Health Care. Part II Economic Evaluation in Health Care. Chapter 9 Principles of Economic Evaluation in Health Care. Chapter 10 Measuring and Valuing Health Care Output. Chapter 11 Economic Evaluation Methods. Chapter 12 The Use of Economic Evaluation in Decision Making. References. Author Index. Subject Index.